Introduction To The Lute

This page is devoted to my Mel Bay publication: Introduction To The Lute for lute and guitar players:

From the Introduction:

“This book is aimed at both lute beginners and guitarists who are interested in playing lute music, either on a lute or a guitar.

When I started learning to play the lute, almost thirty years ago, all the lute players I knew or had heard of, had first played classical guitar. Today it is not unknown for students to go directly to the lute as their first instrument. However there are still many lute players who come to the lute through the guitar. The difference now is that it is not just classical guitarists who have made the leap, acoustic and electric guitar players have also fallen under the magical spell of the lute. For some, the desire is to play lute music on the guitar – any guitar – while for others, nothing but a real lute will do. There is plenty in this book for both players.”